Decent quality 32" 4k monitors for work (and occasional gaming)?

[ik9000]

I'm looking to get a new monitor, well two ideally.

I'd like to be able to get A3 drawings on my screen at 100% with all the various toolbars and menus around them. So far as I can work out this means I need a 32" 4k monitor (a 27" 2560x1600 might just have worked but those seem to be rare these days, and 1440p doesn't look like it would be enough).

What would people recommend? I'm looking for an all rounder, but primarily work use - so colour accuracy, reliability and low eye strain are important. Gaming is only occasional these days, mix of FPS and RPG/C&C style stuff. Nothing too modern or fancy. Photoediting too, but my time to do that is much more limited than it used to be and it's not a core part of my current job.

I was looking at Dell U3225QE - does anyone have one yet? OLED burn-in puts me off going that route, so figured i'd stick with IPS. There seem to be faster IPS 1ms screens out there, but lacking the level of calibration and eye care this one has. A lot of them look ugly too, anything gaming orientated seems to be clad in angular plastic and RGB LED bars which I just don't want (or need).

The Asus proArt PA32UCG-K sounds amazing with its mini-LED variable backlight, onboard calibration profile storage etc but it's £3k and I can buy three of the Dell for the same money. I don't think I can justify even one of those, nevermind two (Sadly).

 

[Demon]

I'm looking to get a new monitor, well two ideally.

I'd like to be able to get A3 drawings on my screen at 100% with all the various toolbars and menus around them. So far as I can work out this means I need a 32" 4k monitor (a 27" 2560x1600 might just have worked but those seem to be rare these days, and 1440p doesn't look like it would be enough).

What would people recommend? I'm looking for an all rounder, but primarily work use - so colour accuracy, reliability and low eye strain are important. Gaming is only occasional these days, mix of FPS and RPG/C&C style stuff. Nothing too modern or fancy. Photoediting too, but my time to do that is much more limited than it used to be and it's not a core part of my current job.

I was looking at Dell U3225QE - does anyone have one yet? OLED burn-in puts me off going that route, so figured i'd stick with IPS. There seem to be faster IPS 1ms screens out there, but lacking the level of calibration and eye care this one has. A lot of them look ugly too, anything gaming orientated seems to be clad in angular plastic and RGB LED bars which I just don't want (or need).

The Asus proArt PA32UCG-K sounds amazing with its mini-LED variable backlight, onboard calibration profile storage etc but it's £3k and I can buy three of the Dell for the same money. I don't think I can justify even one of those, nevermind two (Sadly).

I've got 2 x U3225QEs in work (had them a couple of weeks) and use an LG 42C2 OLED at home..

The U3225QE is a stellar primary productivity and creative monitor, the 120Hz, Anti-Glare, auto brightness, calibrated (can view cal results from the OSD) and IPS black panel work really really well..
The HDR (Certified HDR600) is passable, as is gaming really, whilst the panel is only a 5ms GtG, and you can see some ghosting on the UFO Test, it's better than some IPS gaming monitors I've had, but it's obviously not able to touch OLED for its response times..

The Thunderbolt/USB hub built in is quite neat, I daisy chain two from my laptop which manages 2 x 4K @ 120Hz from a single cable, and whilst the Monitor can't quite high speed charge my Laptop (The laptop is PD3.0, the monitor is PD3.1 so will only give 100W to a PD3.0 laptop), its been great to have everything plugged in to the monitor..

Considering the colour calibration and very wide colour gamut, I am very impressed with it in terms of accuracy and ability to use it for pretty much anything, it is not a top tier gaming monitor, the blacks are good in normal light, but it's still an IPS panel at the end of the day..

However, as I have a 42" OLED at home which also does 120Hz and GSync, with excellent colours and excellent panel response, I do autohidedesktop icons and the taskbar, have a screen saver set at 5 mins and rotate my desktop backgrounds, so I do minimise the chance of burn in, but I am more 50/50 gaming at home or even sometimes far more gaming than productivity, I am OK with the mixed usage and am not too worried about burn in, none so far, but if I used it predominantly for productivity, it would start to worry me.

 

[JonnyGLC]

I've personally gone with the LG 32GS95UV-B. Yes it's an OLED, but i'm using it 75/25 productivity/gaming... Text clarity is great, colours are great and burn in shouldn't be an issue unless you're really careless with it as a WOLED.

 

[ik9000]

I just bought a U3225QE, not had it a week yet but it looks amazing. Not tried gaming on it yet but office use is fantastic. I will check that one out though as still need a 2nd screen to go alongside it

 

[ik9000]

I've personally gone with the LG 32GS95UV-B. Yes it's an OLED, but i'm using it 75/25 productivity/gaming... Text clarity is great, colours are great and burn in shouldn't be an issue unless you're really careless with it as a WOLED.

That looks really good. How good/customisable is the calibration function on it? Can you turn off the behind screen LED glow thing?

 

[Firegod]

I'm looking to get a new monitor, well two ideally.

I'd like to be able to get A3 drawings on my screen at 100% with all the various toolbars and menus around them. So far as I can work out this means I need a 32" 4k monitor (a 27" 2560x1600 might just have worked but those seem to be rare these days, and 1440p doesn't look like it would be enough).

What would people recommend? I'm looking for an all rounder, but primarily work use - so colour accuracy, reliability and low eye strain are important. Gaming is only occasional these days, mix of FPS and RPG/C&C style stuff. Nothing too modern or fancy. Photoediting too, but my time to do that is much more limited than it used to be and it's not a core part of my current job.

I was looking at Dell U3225QE - does anyone have one yet? OLED burn-in puts me off going that route, so figured i'd stick with IPS. There seem to be faster IPS 1ms screens out there, but lacking the level of calibration and eye care this one has. A lot of them look ugly too, anything gaming orientated seems to be clad in angular plastic and RGB LED bars which I just don't want (or need).

The Asus proArt PA32UCG-K sounds amazing with its mini-LED variable backlight, onboard calibration profile storage etc but it's £3k and I can buy three of the Dell for the same money. I don't think I can justify even one of those, nevermind two (Sadly).

I moved to the Philips (model in sig). They get praised for their out of box calibration from factory. So that might be important for you and your work. It is also an HDR1000 certified screen. No silly RGB, it does have Ambiglow, but you can turn that off (can't use in HDR mode anyway). It also has FALD (1,152 zones).

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£700.

 

[Guest2]

I've gone for a mini upgrade - from an Acer X34 (34", IPS, 100Hz, 3440 x 1440, Gsync) to an LG 34GP950G (34", IPS, 180Hz, 3440 x 1440 Gsync ultimate) £370 and hope to get £100 - £150 back from my X34 which is in perfect condition.
I just cant be bothered babysitting OLED burn as I leave my PC on all day with icons and taskbar on the screen. That and one of the best things about my X34 has been Gsync, so wanted to stick with Gsync native.
Also better response time, lower input lag and HDR600.

The stand does look gash, i'll probably fit it on a spare monitor arm I have.

Comparison between: 34" LG 34GP950G, 34" Acer Predator X34

Comparison between: 34" LG 34GP950G, 34" Acer Predator X34

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The only 32" 4k screen I would have gone with is a the Asus PG32UCDM for £875. OLED but apparently the text clarity is great, id have been slightly wary about leaving it on all the time and people have reported issues with the auto off proxy sensor.

Edit - seems im on the lookout again, screen was tested and has some green pixels.

 

[thewanted]

I just bought a U3225QE, not had it a week yet but it looks amazing. Not tried gaming on it yet but office use is fantastic. I will check that one out though as still need a 2nd screen to go alongside it

Do you mind if I asked what you paid for it? It’s £948 on Dell.co.uk which sounds like a lot. I’m wondering if the price has gone up recently.

 

[Major774]

I just cant be bothered babysitting OLED burn as I leave my PC on all day with icons and taskbar on the screen.

I feel you, my 2024/25 Gigabyte OLED has burn in lines from my taskbar and programs. Current OLED’s can’t handle a 100% WFH, Mon - Fri, 9 - 5:30 work usage.

The monitor is currently with Gigabyte and I will be selling the replacement. I have already gone back to VA and love not having to use all of those OLED care features (babysit).

 

[Guest2]

I feel you, my 2024/25 Gigabyte OLED has burn in lines from my taskbar and programs. Current OLED’s can’t handle a 100% WFH, Mon - Fri, 9 - 5:30 work usage.

The monitor is currently with Gigabyte and I will be selling the replacement. I have already gone back to VA and love not having to use all of those OLED care features (babysit).

I bought another IPS (LG ultrawide 180hz Gsync ultimate)
Good job I did, i left it on all weekend when i went away a couple weeks ago. I have set it to sleep now though